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2023雅思写作素材-未来的办公室

来源：广州学为贵维多利广场分校时间：2023/3/7 17:51:43

　　本期导读
　　在一栋大楼里，全体职员排排坐，可能这是很多人想到的办公室场景。随着数字时代的到来，办公室成本的上涨，和员工对自由的更多需求，传统的办公室环境到了不得不改变的时候了。
　　The future of the office
　　The factory is an invention of the past two centuries.It arose because of powered machinery,which required workers to be gathered in one place.At the start of the 20th century,offices aimed to maximize efficiency by mimicking the factory layout with rows of supervised typists and clerks.
　　工厂是过去两个世纪的发明。它的出现是因为动力机械需要将工人聚集在一个地方。在20世纪初，为了较大程度的提高工作效率，办公室模仿工厂的布局，把被监督的打字员和文员排成一行一行的。
　　Now,the office is bound to change further.Some firms may ask if it makes sense to have offices in city centers.In an era of remote collaboration,software and documents sit in the cloud and offices could disperse to cheaper places.The office of the mid-21st century will be as different from today’s as the high-tech factory is from the Victorian mill.
　　现在，办公室必将发生进一步变化。一些公司可能会问在市中心设立办事处是否有意义。在远程协作的时代，软件和文档位于云中，办公室可能分散到更便宜的地方。21世纪中叶的办公室与今天的办公室的差异就如同维多利亚时代的工厂与今天高科技工厂的差异。
　　Big offices grew from the need to process lots of paperwork,and for managers to instruct clerks on what to do.But now the Internet,personal computing and handheld devices mean that transactions can be dealt with on-screen and managers can instantly communicate with their workers,wherever they are.The need for staff to be in one place has been dramatically reduced.
　　大型办公室源于处理大量文书工作的需要，而管理人员则可以指示办事员做什么。但是现在，互联网，个人计算和手持设备意味着可以在屏幕上处理交易，并且经理无论身在何处都可以立即与其员工进行沟通。人员集中在一处的需求已大大减少。
　　The new model will have to balance three factors:the desire of many workers for a flexible schedule;the high cost for firms of maintaining office space;and the countervailing desire to gather skilled workers in one place,in the hope that this enhances collaboration.
　　新模式将必须平衡三个因素：许多工人渴望灵活的工作日程；公司维持办公空间的高昂成本；并希望将技术工人聚集在一个地方，以期加强合作。
　　People who work at home or in a Starbucks have no need for a stressful commute and can adjust their hours to suit their way of life.In turn,that flexibility lets companies cut down on space.
　　在家中或在星巴克工作的人们无需承受通勤压力，可以根据自己的生活方式调整工作时间。反过来，这种灵活性使公司可以减少办公空间。
　　Many firms operate a hot-desking system where workers find a new seat every day.But hot-desking can be alienating.Every night,workers must erase all trace of their existence,hiding away their possessions.When crammed into desks sited close together,workers wear headphones to shut out noisy neighbors.Studies suggests this leads to more emails and less face-to-face communication.
　　许多公司都在运行热办公桌系统，工人每天都找一个新的位置。但是，热线办公桌可能会导致疏远。每天晚上，工人必须清除所有存在的痕迹，将自己的物品藏起来。当工人挤在挨着的办公桌旁时，他们戴着耳机屏蔽嘈杂的邻居。研究表明，这导致更多的电子邮件和更少的面对面交流。